Cecil didn’t feel he had much to lose with Ethan’s offer, he didn’t know if it was going to help him either. He didn’t know how the others felt about him in reality or if they would just end up lying about their feelings towards him. They barely even knew him at all, all they knew about him was his name and his abilities, he wasn’t even sure if the extent of him being a Machina was known to everyone apart from those who saw him when he got his battery changed. Ethan’s offer made him scared that he was just going to be fed lies to keep him around, but that was up to his own judgement and to see whether they were willing to lie to him so openly. Despite how naïve he seemed at the best of times he was still able to tell when someone was telling him a lie just to please him. Ethan had done it before already, so spotting it more times was not going to be difficult.

Once he finally agreed to Ethan’s plan he did help him down when he was asked, even if he wasn’t entirely happy to do so. It was a case of using his arm and the chain he had obtained to let Ethan get down that way, but when it came to him he simply dropped to the ground and landed on his feet. There was very little reason to worry about his legs, he didn’t really care about his body that much. Heading back to the others was starting to feel like a rather difficult act to do, he didn’t know how the others were going to react or if they were all going to put on false faces. Everybody was going to be annoyed for wasting their time with his nonsense, if they didn’t he knew they would definitely be faking their disappointment in him.

Upon arriving back Cecil remained behind Ethan, only looking up to see where the others were before looking back down again. He could tell immediately they were annoyed that he had vanished just by a quick glance at their faces. This was awful, he was never going to be able to get a true honest answer from them with them all so annoyed at him for running off. Frowning, he slowly followed after Ethan until they stopped, his gaze low as he felt completely ashamed of his actions. It would be better to just run away now, but he said to Ethan that he would hear them out so that’s what he was going to do.

Raising his shoulders when Ethan pointed him out he waited for Nymira to speak, but quickly found that her words were telling him nothing but the same that she said before. Frowning, Cecil was simply starting to imagine the conversation going exactly the way he expected it to with everything going back to square one. Unable to understand why Ethan thought this was a good idea he dropped his shoulders and head, continuing his gaze downward before slowly looking up to Nymira as she decided there was still a chance for them yet.

While it did sound like she was being honest he was finding it hard to justify staying with everything being left up to a simple case of ‘possibly’. As Nymira gave him an apology he lowered his gaze, holding his hands together in a nervous clasp as if he was going through a slight bout of confusion. He didn’t know if he really was a good person or if she was saying that to make him feel better, especially after what he did. A good person would never make others scared of him, especially when they were supposed to be his allies.

When it was Zander’s turn to say something Cecil couldn’t help but wonder just what he could possibly say. The guy didn’t know him at all apart from his destructive moments so any honest moments from him were just going to be about that. Looking to him quickly he gasped when Ethan decided to make him wait until he got back, probably going off to get the others. Staring awkwardly at him for a moment he soon looked down, sighing lightly before his eyes slowly went back to Nymira when she spoke to him again, frowning when she asked him an awfully difficult question. 


Thinking about the answer he slowly reached up to the side of his head, rotating his false ear a little. “I will…probably be destroyed if I went out by myself now. I never had a problem with attackers until I was exposed by my own fault. There is only a small chance I would not be caught now that they know what I look like...” He muttered, letting out a sigh, “But if I stay with you and everyone else, I will likely severely injure or kill one of you. I am dangerous and I know I can’t control myself sometimes…but that is exactly why I feel it would be best if I leave. I have a goal just like everyone else, but I don’t want to end up killing any of you as I try to get there. It is either one of you all or me and I know what I am; I’m expendable…but all of you are not. Ethan says I should be with you all, but I am too dangerous and unpredictable to be around others who have people in their lives who care about them. I just…don’t know anymore…”